Suresh Krissna
Born25 June 1959 (1959-06-25) (age 64)
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Occupations
Years active1988 – present
Spouse
Chandra
​
(m. 1989)​
Parents
  • R. Krishna
  • K. Sharada
RelativesShanthi Krishna
(sister)

Suresh Krissna (born 25 June 1959) is an Indian film director who has directed Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi Language films. His first independent film as a director was Sathya (1988), with Kamal Haasan.[1] He is well known for having directed Rajinikanth in four films which include, Annamalai (1992), Veera (1994), Baashha (1995) and Baba (2002).[2] In the 1990s, he has also directed other major superstars including Chiranjeevi, Salman Khan and Kamal Hassan and Mohanlal.

Early life and career

Suresh was born to R. Krishna and K. Sharada in Bombay. He has two brothers, Sreeram and Satheesh, and one sister, actress Shanthi Krishna.

He spent his early career in Mumbai. After completing his graduation in economics he joined the Mumbai office of L. V. Prasad for accounts management. Later he became an executive assistant to L. V. Prasad and also took care of the Prasad Productions Mumbai office. When L. V. Prasad started production of Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981), directed by K. Balachander, he assisted Prasad Productions on location. After completion of the film he went on to work for K. Balachander first assisting in Thaneer Thaneer (1981). Later he was elevated to associate director status in Achamillai Achamillai (1984).

Suresh first Independent directorial film was Sathya (1988) starring Kamal Haasan which was a remake of the Hindi movie Arjun starring Sunny Deol.[3] In 1989, he received the Nandi Award for Best Director for Prema.[4] Suresh Krissna became famous after he worked with Rajinikanth in the 1992 movie Annaamalai. The movie became successful at the box office with a 175-day run. In 1995, Rajnikanth and Suresh Krissna paired up once again for the movie Baashha, which received an appraisal and it broke Annaamalais record at the Box Office. The movie is considered as one of the breaking points in Rajnikanth's career. In 2001, Suresh Krissna directed a Telugu movie, Daddy in which he worked with Chiranjeevi. In 2002, he began working on a film titled Vamana featuring Ajith Kumar, Reema Sen and Sneha. Despite the beginning production, the film was later stalled.[5]

Suresh Krissna has directed movies like Baba (2002), Rocky – The Rebel (2006), Ilaignan (2011) and Katari Veera Surasundarangi (2012). In 2012, Suresh Krissna published a book called 'My Days with Baashha', in which the director has penned down his memories of making super hit films with Rajnikanth.[6] Rajnikanth in an interview said that directors Suresh Krissna and Mani Ratnam are the ones who made him a Superstar.[7]

He has directed films in many languages starring leading heroes like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Mohanlal, Vishnuvardhan and Salman Khan. Suresh Krissna, who has directed about 40 films so far, has also directed series on leading television channels like Sun TV and Vijay TV. He directed the Mahabharatham (2013) serial on Sun TV. Suresh Krissna is getting into the web series space with In the Name of God (2021), to be streamed in Telugu, which he has produced.[8]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleLanguageNotes
1988SathyaTamilRemake of Hindi film Arjun
1989PremaTeluguDubbed in Tamil as Anbu Chinnam
Remade in Hindi as Love
1989Indrudu ChandruduTeluguDubbed in Tamil as Indran Chandran
Dubbed in Hindi as Mayor Saab
1990Raja Kaiya VachaTamil
1991AmmaTelugu
1991LoveHindi
1992SahasamTelugu
1992JaagrutiHindi
1992AnnamalaiTamilRemake of Hindi film Khudgarz
1992VasundharaTeluguNandi Award for Second Best Story Writer[9]
1993VedanTamil
1993Rojavai KillatheTamil
1994VeeraTamilRemake of Telugu film Allari Mogudu
1995BaashhaTamil
1996Dharma ChakramTelugu
1996The PrinceMalayalam
1996SivasakthiTamilRemake of Hindi film Agneepath
1997MasterTelugu
1997Aahaa..!Tamil
1998Auto DriverTelugu
1998Aahaa..!TeluguRemake of Tamil film Aahaa..!
1999OruvanTamil
1999SangamamTamil
2000Rayalaseema Ramanna ChowdaryTelugu
2001DaddyTelugu
2001AalavandhanTamilSimultaneously made in Hindi as Abhay.
2002BabaTamil
2003Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love StoryTelugu
2003RaghavendraTelugu
2003KadambaKannada
2004Bhadradri RamuduTelugu
2004GajendraTamilRemake of Telugu film Simhadri
2005JyeshtaKannadaRemake of Malayalam film Valliettan
2006AstramTeluguRemake of Hindi film Sarfarosh
2006Rocky – The RebelHindiRemake of Telugu film Raghavendra
2007Parattai Engira Azhagu SundaramTamilRemake of Kannada film Jogi
2009MestriTelugu
2009ArumugamTamil
2011IlaignanTamil
2012Katari Veera SurasundarangiKannadaNominated, SIIMA Award for Best Director

Television

Year(s)TitleNetworkLanguage Notes
2012AahaVijay TVTamil
2013MahabharathamSun TV[10]
2013–2014UnarvugalPuthuyugam TV
2014ArangetramPuthuyugam TV
2015–2017Lakshmi VanthachuZee Tamil Producer only
2017PremaETVTeluguTelevision film[11]
2018–2019ChandrakumariSun TVTamil
2019–2020Chocolate
2021–2022Ente Kuttikalude AchanMazhavil ManoramaMalayalamProducer only
2021In the Name of GodAhaTeluguProducer only

References

  1. ↑ Sri (11 March 2009). "Interview with Sureshkrissna". Telugucinema.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (22 June 2019). "Why director Suresh Krissna fell in love with 'The Lion King'". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ Suresh Krissna director of Annamalai, Baasha, Aalavandhan is a huge fan of Amitabh | Bosskey TV, retrieved 11 January 2022
  4. ↑ "33 years to Venkatesh's 'Prema'". 12 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". Archived from the original on 9 January 2002.
  6. ↑ "Kollywood Director Suresh Krissna Biography, News, Photos, Videos".
  7. ↑ "Mani Ratnam, Suresh Krissna made me superstar: Rajinikanth".
  8. ↑ "Baasha director Suresh Krissna web series debut". 25 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
  10. ↑ CF (14 February 2013). "Mahabharatam directed by Suresh Krishna on Sun TV". KOLLY TALK.
  11. ↑ "Prema to premiere directly on television". The Times of India. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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